knt4ever

I measure most everything! I am very bad at guessing portion sizes!! I have small weight watchers food scale that cost around $25. I believe it is crucial to my journey.

My surgery total bill was $51,000 but the insurance "discount" brought it down to $26,000 and I had to pay only $300. Isn't it great the insurance company gets 50% discount but self pay gets no discount?!

Great information! Thanks for sharing!

So you can't eat any type of meat? Like even Turkey Deli style or chicken?

UPDATE 2 Months & 2 Weeks: CLOTHES FIT? I just can't believe but I am already down 60 lbs!!! I am now under 35 BMI so that makes me officially ineligible to have the WLS!!! LOL I am finally trying on clothes that were too small for so long. They are FITTING!! It is weird because mentally I think clothes I have on are fine or tight but they are actually really loose! So I am adjusting mentally what is loose and how clothes are supposed to fit. Weird transition for sure. A pair of jeans I have been wearing will fall off even all zipped up and buttoned and I thought they fit fine. I found an old pair that are smaller and I had to tell myself this is what clothes that fit feel like. I will try to post more often to keep in touch!!! Peace out and WORD to yo mutha!

SW: 287 (12/26/13) CW: 227 60 lbs down!!!!! Can't believe it!!!!! I am now under 35 BMI so that makes me officially ineligible to have the WLS!!! LOL I am finally trying on clothes that were too small for soooo long. They are FITTING!!

I like what DLCoggin's says: "You are going to love the new you!"

UPDATE 2 Months & 2 Days: Before and After Pics 2 Months Ok finally going to post some pics.....ugh. These are before and after from day of surgery to 2 Month Surgiversary. Here we go.....

See you on Monday!!!!! Save me a seat because I am usually 5 minutes late lol.

SW: 287 (12/26/13) CW: 233 Lost 5 this week! Officially lowest I weighed since coming back from Afghanistan in 2010!! "My weight is perfect, it just so happens I am 3 feet too short!!"

UPDATE 2 Months: Happy 2 Month Surgiversary - My Body & Me Today is two months since I went to surgery at 5am in the morning. This is officially the lowest I have weighed since coming home from Afghanistan in 2010. Not counting those 7 months, this is lowest in.........well I can't remember. I am very aware that this amount of loss will not stay at this rate but I want to keep this journal going so I can look back. I have learned so much about me and my body these past months. I can look at food and know what it will do to my body and what my body will do with it. My body is responding and I don't want to let it down. It likes the meals with Protein. It likes to know that meals will happen at certain times of the day and doesn't worry if I will forget about it. It likes the work outs. It likes to actually rest when sleeping instead of fighting to get enough oxygen. My body likes ME!!!!!! So I have said before I am a stat guy so here are the pounds and inches that I have lost in two months: WEIGHT: 53 lbs. WAIST: 9 in CHEST: 4 in LEG: 3.5 in NECK: 2 in ARM: 2.5 in New quote for the month: "My weight is perfect, it just so happens I am 3 feet too short!!"

You never know with insurance companies what they will pay and what they will not. I thought I had paid all out of pocket for year but I am not going to challenge it. I am afraid they will find more to bill me lol.